Feng Wins King of the Mountains Jersey at Taiwan

Champion System Pro Cycling Team’s Chun Kai Feng won the king of the mountain classification Sunday at the Tour de Taiwan. (Photo courtesy Champion System.)

Feng Wins King of the Mountains Jersey at Taiwan

Taipei City, Taiwan — Champion System Pro Cycling Team’s Chun Kai Feng took home top honors in the king of the mountains classification Sunday at the Tour de Taiwan after securing and protecting the jersey since Friday’s Stage 5.

Champion System Assistant Director Chris Wherry said he was proud of the team’s overall effort to preserve the jersey in a race that saw Zach Bell win Stage 4 and teammate Adiq Othman earn four top five finishes, including fifth on the final stage.

With no categorized climbs on the final stage, a 58-kilometer circuit race through Taipei City, as Feng needed only to finish the race to secure the jersey. When a breakaway failed to materialize, the intermediate sprints turned into field sprints. Othman took third in the first and was runner-up on the second.

Rain started to fall as the peloton hit the final lap, and what looked to be a perfect lead out by Champion System for Fabian Schnaidt was ruined in a crash with two corners to go.

“I’m very bummed at the lost opportunity,” Schnaidt said. “I thought I was going to have a great finish.”